The Sabbath
The Sabbath and it’s Eve are very important times in the lives of Jewish families. We were astonished to see the streams of Orthodox and not-so-Orthodox Jews heading toward the Western Wall on a Friday late afternoon. Large groups of yeshiva boys and young men stream past, singing at the top of their lungs. We followed them down to the Wall late this evening – already throngs of families and yeshivas had come singing past our street, on their way home to family meals – for this is an important part of the Sabbath. It was an eyeopener to see the numbers of people still at the Wall at 8:30/9 o’clock as you will see in the pictures. God prescribed a Sabbath rest, a family time, and a breathing space in busy lives. Every Sabbath becomes a celebration.
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Jewish Couple at the Jaffa Gate
Copies of the Torah at the Western Wall
Studying Torah on Sabbath at the Western Wall
Yeshiva Boys singing and dancing together on the Sabbath Eve.
The Western Wall (Wailing Wall) and for the Jew the nearest proximity to the Holy Place on the Temple Mount
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